Hi folks
Welcome to the Self and Society course. My name is Cathy Bray, and I've been a university prof in Alberta, New Zealand and BC since 1986. Since arriving in Vancouver in 2001 I've worked at SFU, Athabasca University, and Kwantlen Polytechnic University. I enjoy teaching a great deal, especially when I work with enthusiastic and thoughtful students such as yourselves.
Here is the course outline:
Self and Society
Understanding Our World through Sociology
Cathy Bray, instructor
Room 1800, 11:30-1:20
May 21 What is the sociological imagination and is it useful?
The relationship between private troubles and public issues
Excerpt from The Sociological Imagination by C. Wright Mills
http://www.camden.rutgers.edu/~wood/207socimagination.htm
May 28 Why do people interact with each other the way they do?
Social interaction in groups and societies
Excerpt from Goffman Presentation of self in Everyday Life
http://artsites.ucsc.edu/faculty/Gustafson/FILM%20162.W10/readings/Goffman.Front.pdf
June 4 Are differences among people due to nature, nurture or both?
Social differences: class, race and gender
“The Illusion of Equality: Highly Qualified immigrant women in Montreal”, Marie-
Theres Chicha http://www.crr.ca/divers-files/directions/vol2009versionweb.pdf
June 11 What causes people to be deviant?
Deviance and Social Control
“Interactionist view of Deviance” P. Covington
http://www.docstoc.com/docs/27934180/INTERACTIONIST-VIEW-OF-DEVIANCE-HOWARD-BECKER-----
DEFINING-DEVIANCE/
June 18 Of what use is religion to societies in times of trouble?
The Sociology of Religion
Epistemological Modesty: An Interview with Peter Berger
http://www.religion-online.org/showarticle.asp?title=240
June 25 Is the aging process changing in contemporary Canadian society?
Health and Aging – a sociological perspective
“In their own words: a Model of Healthy Aging” Bryant et al
http://tinyurl.com/24wjn6q
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